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DRAMA: Back in business
Provided you can work with the concept of Last of the Summer Wine coppers, this long-running crime drama series keeps up a good standard. Now back for a fifth series, don't expect too many surprises as the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS) return, led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman (Amanda Redman, pictured). Reporting for duty again are (from left) retired detectives Jack Halford (James Bolam), Brian Lane (Alun Armstrong) and Gary Standing (Dennis Waterman), ready to reinvestigate murders and cold cases that the Met has previously been unable to solve... (Click to continue reading)
New Tricks showing on BBC 1 at 9:00pm
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Weepie wonder
Sentimental drama, starring Sean Penn as a cleaner with the mental age of seven. He gets a homeless woman pregnant but she abandons their daughter. He brings the child up but as she grows, her needs outstrip his abilities and social services try to separate them. To win her back, Penn persuades hard-nosed lawyer Michelle Pfeiffer to take the case. (Click to continue reading)
I Am Sam showing on Film4 at 6:30pm
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Why Muslims are living in fear in Britain
On the third anniversary of the 7/7 London Bombings, political commentator and journalist Peter Oborne investigates whether these attacks and the fear of terrorism have fuelled the rise of violence, intolerance and hatred against British Muslims. He discovers that for many in the Muslim community, Britain is becoming a very frightening place. (Click to continue reading)
Dispatches showing on Channel 4 at 8:00pm
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Plenty of wok to do
New series in which Ching-He Huang reveals how delicious Chinese food can be prepared at home with easy-to-prepare, mouth-watering recipes using fresh, healthy and readily available ingredients. (Click to continue reading)
Chinese Food Made Easy showing on BBC 2 at 8:30pm
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Surviving against all odds
7/7: The Miracle of Carriage 346 is the first of two documentary films commemorating the third anniversary of the 7/7 London bombings. Both films tell incredible, inspiring stories of survival and rescue: stories of people who emerged alive against all the odds, and those that risked their lives to save strangers. (Click to continue reading)
7/7: The Miracle Of Carriage 346 showing on Channel 4 at 9:00pm
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Can Mary work wonders for Selkie?
Retail guru Mary Portas comes to the aid of another boutique fighting for survival. Lucy Weller owns and runs Selkie, a ladies' boutique in York. A fabulous building and a wonderful location haven't been enough to attract York's sophisticated forty-somethings over the threshold. (Click to continue reading)
Mary Queen of Shops showing on BBC 2 at 9:00pm
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The real-life Shameless family
Documentary following life with Mike Holpin and his controversial, ever-expanding family. Mike lives with his third wife Petrina and their nine children in a three-bedroom terraced house. The family live on benefits and get £27,000 a year. The programme follows them through a chaotic Christmas, and his boys getting in trouble with the police. (Click to continue reading)
The Man With 20 Kids showing on BBC 1 at 10:35pm
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